Cedarville Marshall-Carr-Rogers Hall Renovation

Cedarville University

Cedarville, Ohio

The Marshall-Carr- Rogers Hall renovation consisted of combining three
residence halls into a single connected structure. Both Marshall and
Carr Halls originally consisted of a three story, 3,700 square foot
residence hall built in 1974 on the campus of Cedarville University.
These facilities provided living quarters, laundry rooms and lounges
for approximately 164 male students. The existing construction of the
facility utilized wood roof trusses, precast concrete hollow core slabs,
unreinforced composite load bearing masonry walls supported by
continuous concrete wall footings. Rogers Hall is a two-story structure
that also provided living quarters to 34 students. It was constructed
using prefabricated wood trusses, conventional wood framing and
continuous concrete walls footings.

In 2011, Paul J. Ford and Company designed the structural
modifications and upgrades to these existing structures. The
upgrades and modifications included removing the exterior balconies
and entrances and replacing them with openings in the interior load
bearing masonry walls. This allowed the students to access individual
rooms from the interior of the structure. In addition, the spaces
between the buildings were infilled with a full height building
structure. The structure comprised of loading bearing concrete walls,
structural steel framing, composite deck and rough sawn timber
trusses. These areas now serve as common areas for the student’s
new lounge and kitchen areas. The main challenge encountered
during this project was designing around existing field conditions and
a fast pace construction schedule.